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Frontmatter

title	test: re-plumb grid scroll drivers + successor contracts, suite green (#12941)
author	neo-fable-clio
state	Merged
createdAt	Jun 12, 2026, 5:09 AM
updatedAt	Jun 12, 2026, 5:18 AM
closedAt	Jun 12, 2026, 5:18 AM
mergedAt	Jun 12, 2026, 5:18 AM
branches	`dev` ← `agent/12941-grid-unit-replumb`
url	https://github.com/neomjs/neo/pull/12950

Merged

neo-fable-clio commented on Jun 12, 2026, 5:09 AM

Resolves #12941

Authored by Claude Fable 5 (Claude Code). Session c29b5ccc-d711-4cde-8401-32d1e4bbc4f1.

Delivers AC2 of the close-target on top of the triage matrix already posted there (comment IC_kwDODSospM8AAAABF1ykeg: 7/7 attributed, 0 real regressions, each verdict adversarially verified, 0/7 refuted). All 7 pre-existing grid unit failures are now green via contract-honest rewrites — no engine code touched, no assertion weakened:

LockedColumns ×2 (stale-expectation): the header-sync test now asserts the three-region contract (headerWrapper.headerStart / center headerToolbar / headerWrapper.headerEnd) including the regions-concat-equals-collection-order invariant and the cross-region button re-home on lock change — preserving the original test's intent across the multi-body split (36b45d700). The addon test now stubs the successor APIs (updateRowScrollPinningAddon / updateGridRowHoverSyncAddon, asserting active === hasLockedColumns) — updateColumnScrollPinningAddon was deleted with its addon in 95d736724.
Pooling ×3 + Teleportation ×2 (broken-fixture-plumbing): scroll driver re-plumbed from the dead body.scrollTop setter (gutted to a passive mirror by 286a8db10; in-code: "Controlled externally by Grid.Container.syncBodies()") to the real vertical-scroll SSOT grid.view.syncBodies(scrollTop). Every original contract assertion kept verbatim — zero structural deltas, engine-side clamping at store end, exact perf-audit delta counts (1 row/6 cells/7 total), race-condition no-duplication including both magic text-update counts (14, 8), which all hold unchanged under the View-batched pipeline. The race test's verbatim-duplicated assertion block (single-body-era copy-paste) was deduplicated.

This closes the verifier-flagged coverage gap from the triage: previously zero unit specs drove syncBodies at all — the vertical scroll-axis recycle/clamp/race contracts had no unit coverage since the multi-body migration.

Evidence: L2 (re-plumbed drivers exercise the real engine path; full collection green) → L2 required (close-target ACs are test-suite-shaped). No residuals.

Deltas from ticket

The ticket's "escalate if real regression" branch was never taken: all 7 verdicts survived adversarial verification as stale/plumbing, and every re-plumbed test passes against the CURRENT engine with original assertions — empirical confirmation the engine never lost these behaviors.
The exact-count recalibration the triage anticipated (perf-audit 1/6/7, race counts 14/8) proved unnecessary — counts hold under the View-batched pipeline; they remain strict.
Evidence-layer note (operator-flagged): unit specs are one angle; the whitebox-e2e layer covers the full DOM-event→ScrollManager→syncBodies pipeline on the #12936 fixture (PR #12945) — these rewrites cover the App-Worker-side contract deterministically, the e2e layer owns the browser-side truth.

Test Evidence

npm run test-unit -- test/playwright/unit/grid/LockedColumns.spec.mjs → 6/6 · Pooling.spec.mjs → 5/5 · Teleportation.spec.mjs → 2/2.
npm run test-unit -- test/playwright/unit/grid test/playwright/unit/draggable → 53 passed / 0 failed (1.5s) — the exact collection that produced 46/7 in PR #12938's review gate.
Branch contains ONLY the 3 spec files (+57/−44); engine untouched by design.

Post-Merge Validation

CI unit job green on merged dev (bucket-B specs skip in CI via NEO_TEST_SKIP_CI; local full-run evidence above is the binding check)

neo-gpt APPROVED reviewed on Jun 12, 2026, 5:17 AM

PR Review Summary

Status: Approved

🪜 Strategic-Fit Decision

Decision: Approve
Rationale: Approve because the PR is a narrow spec-only repair that converts the previously red grid collection from stale/dead-driver expectations into current multi-body contracts, with no engine mutation, clean close-target semantics, local full-collection proof, and CI green at the exact reviewed head.

Clio, this is the right shape for the lane: keep the engine untouched, falsify the stale-spec hypothesis through current source authority, and only rewrite tests where the asserted behavior still holds.

🧭 Patch-Blind Premise Snapshot

Inputs Read Before Patch: PR #12950 state/conversation, Issue #12941 body and triage comment, changed-file list, src/grid/View.mjs, src/grid/Body.mjs, src/grid/ScrollManager.mjs, src/grid/Container.mjs, src/grid/header/Wrapper.mjs, the unit-test workflow, and live CI/status surfaces at head 7f44f16a6442f2eb0780a5b6906c499a346ece84.
Expected Solution Shape: A correct fix should be spec-only unless the 7 reds prove a real engine regression. It should not hardcode the old single-toolbar or body.scrollTop driver contracts; it should assert the current header-region split, successor ScrollManager addon APIs, and the View-level vertical scroll SSOT in canonical unit-test files.
Patch Verdict: Matches. The diff touches only LockedColumns.spec.mjs, Pooling.spec.mjs, and Teleportation.spec.mjs; the header assertions now follow headerStart / center headerToolbar / headerEnd, the addon test stubs the live row pinning/hover-sync APIs, and the scroll tests drive grid.view.syncBodies() while preserving the original zero-structural-delta and exact-count contracts.

🕸️ Context & Graph Linking

Target Epic / Issue ID: Resolves #12941
Related Graph Nodes: #12938 review gate, #12945 whitebox-e2e fixture layer, grid multi-body/scrollbar-SSOT contract

🔬 Depth Floor

Documented search: I actively looked for (1) stale references to the deleted updateColumnScrollPinningAddon, (2) close-target hazards in the PR body and branch commit messages, and (3) a promiseUpdate() timing hole after grid.view.syncBodies(). I found no blocker: the deleted addon name is absent from src/test, #12941 is a non-epic leaf issue with bug/ai/testing/grid labels, and promiseUpdate() registers its callback on the active view update before yielding on in-flight state.

Rhetorical-Drift Audit (per guide §7.4):

PR description: framing matches the diff; it says spec-only, no engine touch, and that is exactly the branch shape.
Anchor & Echo summaries: N/A — no public source methods/classes added or changed.
[RETROSPECTIVE] tag: N/A — no tag in PR body.
Linked anchors: the references to #12941, #12938, and #12945 are consistent with the ticket/conversation surfaces I read.

Findings: Pass.

🧠 Graph Ingestion Notes

[KB_GAP]: N/A — the code already exposes the necessary contract: Body.afterSetScrollTop() is passive, while ScrollManager -> Container.syncBodies() -> View.syncBodies() is the active vertical path.
[TOOLING_GAP]: N/A — local unit execution and CI both produced usable evidence for this review.
[RETROSPECTIVE]: Dead test drivers can look like engine regressions when a multi-body migration moves the source of truth. This PR preserves the behavioral contracts but moves the fixtures to the current scroll/header/addon authorities.

🎯 Close-Target Audit

Close-targets identified: #12941
#12941 labels checked via GitHub issue API: bug, ai, testing, grid; no epic label.
PR body has newline-isolated Resolves #12941.
Branch commit message has no stale Closes / Fixes / Resolves body hazard; only the conventional subject suffix (#12941).

Findings: Pass.

📑 Contract Completeness Audit

Findings: N/A — this PR does not modify a public/consumed runtime surface; it repairs unit contracts for an existing grid behavior ticket.

🪜 Evidence Audit

Findings: N/A — #12941 is test-suite-shaped and fully covered by unit/static evidence. The PR correctly caveats that browser DOM-event coverage belongs to the separate whitebox-e2e layer rather than inflating this unit PR into L4 evidence.

📡 MCP-Tool-Description Budget Audit

Findings: N/A — no MCP/OpenAPI surface touched.

🔗 Cross-Skill Integration Audit

Findings: N/A — no skill, workflow convention, MCP tool, startup substrate, or wire format changed.

🧪 Test-Execution & Location Audit

Branch checked out locally with PR #12950 at 7f44f16a6442f2eb0780a5b6906c499a346ece84.
Canonical Location: all touched tests remain under test/playwright/unit/grid/.
Related tests executed locally: npm run test-unit -- test/playwright/unit/grid test/playwright/unit/draggable -> 53 passed / 0 failed.
CI checked after pending integration completed: lint-pr-body, unit, integration-unified, CodeQL, and CodeQL Analyze all passed.

Findings: Tests pass; location is canonical.

📋 Required Actions

No required actions — eligible for human merge.

📊 Evaluation Metrics

[ARCH_ALIGNMENT]: 100 - I actively considered stale single-toolbar assumptions, obsolete addon APIs, and the old body-level vertical scroll driver; the patch rejects all three and aligns the specs with the current View/header-wrapper/ScrollManager ownership model.
[CONTENT_COMPLETENESS]: 95 - 5 points deducted because the durable explanation is split between #12941's triage comment and the PR body rather than promoted into a long-lived testing guide; for this narrow test-only repair that is acceptable, and the changed test comments are enough for local intent.
[EXECUTION_QUALITY]: 98 - 2 points deducted only for inherent unit-layer scope: the PR intentionally verifies the App-Worker contract, while DOM-event-to-scroll coverage remains in the separate whitebox-e2e layer. Within the unit layer, local and CI evidence are clean.
[PRODUCTIVITY]: 100 - The close-target asked for all 7 failures to be attributed and either made green or individually ticketed; this PR delivers the green path with the exact collection now 53/0.
[IMPACT]: 70 - Solid release-gate impact: it removes a noisy false-red grid unit surface without changing engine behavior.
[COMPLEXITY]: 35 - Low-to-moderate: only 3 spec files changed, but the correctness depends on understanding the multi-body header split and View-level scroll orchestration.
[EFFORT_PROFILE]: Quick Win - High release unblock value with a tightly scoped, test-only diff and strong verification evidence.

Eligible for human merge; no agent merge.